Bottle-closure.



UNITED STATES Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN J D. WIPF, OF NARBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO JOHN WVYETH & BROTHER, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF. PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,547, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 30, 1904. Serial No. 218,817.

To (I/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN J. D.WIPF, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Narberth, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to bottle-closures, and has for its object to provide a closure which will be adapted not only for the ordinary uses of bottle-closures, but also for use as an eye-bath,- and, generally speaking, my invention consists in a bottle-closure having an eye-bath of oval shape incorporated with and forming a part thereof, my invention further consisting in so forming the closure that its end opposite to that on which the eye-bath is formed will be adapted to serve as a base or foot on which the structure will stand upright when not used in connection with the bottle. Reference being now had to the drawings, in which my invention is illustrated, Figure l is a plan view of a bottle with my improved stopper in place therein; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the bottle and stopper; Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

A indicates the bottle, A in Figs. 2 and 3 indicating the ground interior of the neck of the bottle and A indicating an alternative construction by which the outside of the bottle-neck is ground to fit the closure.

B, Figs. 2 and 3, indicates the portion of the stopper which is ordinarily inserted in the neck of the bottle. I

B, Figs. 2 and 3, indicates the base of the stopper, which is formed flat and at right angles to the axis of the stopper, so as to form a base on which the stopper can rest in an upright position, and at b I have indicated the form of the equivalent part of the cup-shaped construction of the closure 6. The portion of the closure opposite to the base on which it is intended to be stood is formed into an eye-b ath or cup C, having the usual form characteristic of such eye-baths and having its upper edge (indicated at O properly curved t0 fit the portion of the face surrounding the eye. I

The utility of my device is obvious in that it provides an eye-bath which will always be available in connection with the bottle con-' taining medicated liquids for treating the eye.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bottle-closure having its outer end formed into an eye-bath with an oval-shaped, curved rim to fit the portion of the face around the eye, and its inner end formed into a stopper to enter the neck of the bottle.

HERMAN J. D. WIPF. 

